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Stan Munro makes a living building New York City's most well-known landmarks — one toothpick at a time.
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Meet Stan Munro, Professional Toothpicker
Stan Munro knows the Chrysler Building quite well. Not because he's a regular visitor, but because he's built it out of toothpicks. It's not the only New York City landmark that he's fashioned out of toothpicks. He's also completed replicas of Yankee Stadium, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the Woolworth Building and many more.
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Toothpick projects may evoke memories of third-grade arts and crafts, but this is no grade school hobby for Munro. He scales each structure based on real-life dimensions and incorporates plenty of painstaking architectural details. This replica of Yankee Stadium took a month to build.
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For his Yankee Stadium project, Munro even populated the structure with fans and ball players.
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It's clear why his projects, some of which soar higher than his own height, can take months to build. As for the number of toothpicks he uses per project, Munro has no idea. "It has no correlation to the difficulty of the piece," he explains. "It would be like asking how much paint somebody used to make a painting."
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Munro is a full-time toothpicker, and you can view his work in-person at The Assisi Institute in Rochester, Ripley's Believe-It-or-Not Museum in Baltimore and the Museum of Science & Technology in Syracuse.


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Earlier today, I got a casual, last-second (okay, few days' notice) invite from c'Dude to come along on a 200k Brevet -- technically 217 km, a 135 mile event. I just kind of sat there, rubbing my goatee-covered chin for a few minutes. Then I replied. I really want to give this a shot.
I've done three full moon rides, all of them with commuterDude. Every time, I end up talking about Randonneuring a little. And it's always fascinated me a little bit. The truth is, I'd heard of the Paris-Brest-Paris and knew it was a 700+ mile endurance cycling event but I figured it was basically TdF for people who weren't professional racers. It wasn't until I started reading commuterDude's scattered observations from the saddle that I came to even know the words "Brevet" and "Randonneur", or that there were even events like this.
Also, much like commuting, touring and randonneuring have very few hard and fast rules on equipment. Brevets have strict time controls in place, and significant safety rules. Other than that, whether commuting, touring, or randonneuring, you ride whatever bike you want to ride, take along whatever you think you'll need to complete the task at hand, and do it.
Logic tells me that once you've ridden for two solid hours, it's just a matter of staying hydrated, fueled and focused. I've ridden for plenty longer than two hours at a time, but never more than 70 miles in a single chunk (with a few breaks of perhaps 5-10 minutes). Hybridzilla's certainly no touring bike, but she's got everything I need and most of what I want in a bike. I'd like some more hand positions, I guess. Other than that, I don't see why I couldn't pilot this machine for that kind of distance, versus my road bike. It can handle the miles. Now, do I have the chops for this? I don't know, but I know how to figure it out.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The Brevet Bug Bites me...
Earlier today, I got a casual, last-second (okay, few days' notice) invite from c'Dude to come along on a 200k Brevet -- technically 217 km, a 135 mile event. I just kind of sat there, rubbing my goatee-covered chin for a few minutes. Then I replied. I really want to give this a shot.
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- dvicci said...
"Now, do I have the chops for this?"
Of course you do! Like you said, after the first couple of hours, it's a matter of hydration and fuel. If your saddle is comfortable enough, that won't bother you, and it's nothing a few pedal stands won't fix.
When is it? I'd like to join you guys later this summer after the training dies down, and I have a more appropriate touring bike.
- June 26, 2008 8:21 AM
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It starts Saturday June 28th at 3-Freaking-AM at a not-publicly-disclosed 10-20. You know how these guys are. :P
It's gonna be a blast.
- June 26, 2008 8:51 AM
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British Army Rifleman Sheldon Lee Jordan Steel, from 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), was killed in action on 27th November 2011 during a foot patrol in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province. He was caught in the blast from an insurgent bomb.
20-year-old Rifleman Steel, from Leeds, joined the Army in November 2009 and completed his training in April 2010. He then joined 5 RIFLES based at Paderborn, Germany. He underwent extensive training on the Warrior armoured fighting vehicle and took part in a six-week, vehicle-mounted exercise in Canada in late 2010.
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Copinger-Symes, Commanding Officer 5 RIFLES, said: "Rifleman Sheldon Steel was a special blend of physical robustness, sharp intellect, old-fashioned politeness, and natural leadership flair – all underscored by a quiet confidence and understated ambition."
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When Craig Jackson took control of his family's business, Barrett-Jackson, following the death of his father and brother in 1993 and 1995, respectively, he inherited a company that took in $15 million from one automobile auction. He was ready for the challenge, however, having grown up in the business and working in various roles. Today, the company has grown to three auctions — one in Scottsdale, one in Palm Beach, Fla., and one in Las Vegas — and made roughly $135 million at its 2008 auctions. But to achieve that growth, Jackson had to make several changes.
"My goal was to make it more inclusive and more of a family-oriented lifestyle event, whereas before, you'd call it the boys club," Jackson says. "(It wasn't) something the wives felt like they had their own place."
Live television coverage on the SPEED Network, an active Web presence, myriad vendors of food, clothing and accessories, and a fashion show were all among the auction's new image. Jackson also broadened the core of the auction — its selection of automobiles.
"Car collecting now isn't just classics," he says. "It's everything that's got collectability and uniqueness to it. It's a much broader hobby and industry.
"To have sustainability in this business, you need to have new collectors and a much broader assortment because some things are hot one year and some things are cold another," he continues. "We're like the New York Stock Exchange — we sell commodities from all sorts of different types of cars to all sorts of different types of buyers in an open arms-like transaction."
The current economy, Jackson says, has not had too much of an impact on the business as of yet. The auctions are still garnering a lot of attention. The 2008 Scottsdale auction alone had an attendance of 286,000 people, 30 percent of whom flew in from out of state. However, he is planning some cutbacks in regard to logistics for the auction, including ending the auction earlier than usual. This year's Scottsdale auction runs from Jan. 11-18 at WestWorld of Scottsdale.
The tourism industry in Arizona is heading in the right direction during this time, Jackson says, but it needs everyone to work together in order to make it stronger.
"Tourism is one of those things that needs constant looking after," he explains. "There's constantly a game plan by other states and cities to whittle away at it; this one should have a game plan how not to allow that to happen and not take it for granted. … There are other communities that are very aggressive and their job is to come steal what we have here, and if there's nobody making sure we're all getting the support we need, then all of the sudden (moving an event) seems pretty attractive."
It's especially important that Arizona municipalities work together, considering that other destinations don't consider the state a threat, Jackson says. He attended a meeting in Las Vegas when the city government was voting on funding for a new convention center, and while there he saw a chart that listed other cities considered to be their competition — and Phoenix wasn't listed.
"They've already discounted us," he says, "and that was pretty telling. … It's in Scottsdale's best interest, it's in Phoenix's, it's in Paradise Valley's, it's in everybody's to work together collaboratively. … I think it's turning in the right direction. We've let it atrophy for a while, but it needs, actually, an infusion of capital and attention."


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A healthy Los Angeles Clippers team could be a very tough one to beat.
Hoopsvibe's Quick Call: They may be in a stacked Western conference, but don't sleep on the Clipshow this season.
Both Clippers superstars, point guard Chris Paul and center Blake Griffin, underwent surgeries this offseason. Paul just had surgery on his thumb a few days ago and is said to be out eight weeks. Regardless, he will be ready for the start of this upcoming season.
Griffin, who had knee surgery on July 16th after doctors discovered a meniscus tear in his knee that forced him to miss this summer's London Olympics, came out and said Tuesday that he is 100% healed and ready to go.
"I'm doing all my normal movements," Griffin said. "I feel like I'm at 100 percent."
The Clippers All-Star center has been training and rehabbing hard all summer, after he signed a five-year contract extension with the franchise in July that could be worth up to $95 million.
Not being able to participate in the Olympics forced the 7-footer to work on areas of his game, mainly his jump shot and free throws, that needed to improve. Griffin said he spent time "trying to become a more complete player, working on my shot and working on free throws."
Last season, Griffin shot an impressive 54.9% from the field but a not-so-impressive 52.1% from the free-throw line.
And once Paul and Griffin are fully healthy, they are going to be complimented by some strong new talent. In addition to extending Griffin's contract, the Clippers re-signed Chauncey Billups, brought in Lamar Odom (who I think will be much better with the Clippers than he was with the Mavs), as well as Jamal Crawford, Grant Hill, Willie Green, Ronny Turiaf and Ryan Hollins. Keep in mind, they also have DeAndre Jordan, Kenyon Martin, Caron Butler and Eric Bledsoe, all who have made an impact in the past.
"This year we want to take a step forward and I think the pieces that we've added, the guys we have returning and the work guys have put in this offseason have been tremendous. We look to take that next step as a franchise," Griffin said.
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Adams recently made a video urging young black youth in his district to "Stop the Sag," or in other words, pull up their damn pants!
The short video features footage from the streets of Brooklyn, presumably, of mostly young men walking the streets in pants that, quite frankly, redefine the definition of "sagging." You've probably seen the style: pants that fall just below the butt, exposing the wearer's taste in underwear, barely kept in place by the combination of a belt and an artful shuffle.
On the surface, the video is pretty entertaining (we first saw it over at gawker.com, where you can see it for yourself) - a buttoned-up ex-cop turned elected official offering fashion advice to the youth in his district. In fact, it's kind of hard not to chuckle just a little bit when Adams delivers this message: "If we raise our pants, we raise our image."
Adams likens the sagging pants to other images that have negatively depicted African-Americans, such as characters in black face. The only difference is that the sagging pants – which Adams says originated in prison culture – is young black people intentionally making themselves look foolish, not the other way around.
Sure, Pol Position admits we had a pretty good laugh the first time we saw the video. "Really?" we thought. "Questionable fashion sense is what is occupying the minds of our representatives up in Albany?"
But the more we watched it, the more we respected Adams for putting himself out there on an issue that most people will laugh off, but does actually influence the way people judge a portion of his constituents, as well as the way the wearer feels about him or herself. The more we thought about it, the more we realized that it was a gutsy move on the part of Adams, and one that shows he is actually much more hands-on in his district than a lot of other politicians who go up to the state capital.
In fact, it inspired Pol Position to take a stand of our own, but instead of sagging pants we're focusing our sights on another problematic fashion choice: skinny jeans. While the pants employed in The Sag could provide ample coverage, pants employed in the The Skinny do not even come close to meeting the challenge of clothing the wearer's body.
The discomfort that this causes in social situations leads our youth into drinking copious amounts of PBR and smoking cigarettes to cope, as well as refusing to comb their hair or wash their other clothes to draw attention away from the fact that we can all see the top of their butt every time they bend their knees more than 15 degrees.
That's why Pol Position has started our "Stop the Skinny" campaign. Sure, some people out there will laugh, but have you seen the socio-economic conditions in Williamsburg lately? Only once are young people wear proper-fitting pants can we take back our neighborhoods from the exploitive bars and overpriced Thai-fusion restaurants that prey on them.
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After a report by Britain's Sunday Telegraph that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) had to resort to buying its own bonds when investors shunned them, the EFSF denied the report, saying that the issue was a modest size because of unstable market conditions.
The Sunday Telegraph said that after the EFSF announced last week the successful sale of a bond issue, sources revealed that the issue actually met with a shortfall of more than 100 million euros ($137 million), which the paper said the rescue facility covered itself. The bond issue, for 3 billion euros, was in support of Ireland, and according to the paper, only found 2.7 billion euros' worth of purchasers, leaving the EFSF to pick up the difference. The Telegraph characterized it as a "major failure."
However, a spokesman for the EFSF denied that there was a problem, saying, according to a Reuters report, "The EFSF did not buy its own bonds and the book was 3 billion euros." EFSF head Klaus Regling, according to the report, told the Financial Times on Friday that the turmoil in the markets had made it difficult to leverage the fund to the planned 1 trillion euros.
Forbes pointed out that there could be a perfectly logical explanation if, indeed, the EFSF had purchased any of its own bonds: namely, that 12% of the issue was allocated to the co-leads of the issue, which, according to the report, "may or may not be unusual."
It is "entirely and absolutely usual," according to the piece, for co-leads to hold a portion of a bond issue on their books as the initial jockeying around during the liquidity period occurs. One subscriber may take less than originally thought; another may want more, and the bonds thus held on the co-leads' books are used to balance things out. It becomes unusual if, after the liquidity period, the co-leads are stuck with those bonds.
So, "[i]f that 12% remains on the books of the co-leads then yes, it does mean that they just couldn't sell the bonds." At that point, who pays for them depends on contract details, and perhaps the lead banks will end up paying for them. If that happens, warns the author, the next issue will find a demand for higher yield from the banks, lest such an eventuality occur again. And that would bode ill for the EFSF.


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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Syngenta AG is pressing ahead with U.S. sales of a new corn trait that is not approved in China, fueling concerns of another jarring GMO trade quarrel with the world's fastest-growing food importer.
While the U.S. grain industry lobbies the Chinese government to stop rejecting cargoes of corn containing another unauthorized genetically modified Syngenta strain, farmers in the Midwest are weighing whether to take a chance on the Swiss-based company's new product, engineered to combat pests called rootworms.
Syngenta, the world's largest crop chemicals company, said its Agrisure Duracade trait will be available for planting for the first time this year in "limited quantities" after U.S. authorities cleared it for sale and cultivation last year.
For farmers it may be a risk worth taking: Infestations of rootworms have developed into a major challenge in top-producing states such as Iowa and Illinois, because farmers have increasingly been planting corn on the same fields year after year to take advantage of high prices. The traditional practice of rotating corn with soybeans had helped better control pests.
But the planting of Duracade threatens new disruptions - and millions of dollars in losses - for global grain traders if the strain gets mixed into the mainstream supply chain and prompts another round of rejections from China, as some analysts fear.
The commercialization of Duracade could "further contaminate, slow down, gum up" shipments of U.S. corn to China, Rich Feltes, vice president of research for commodity brokerage R.J. O'Brien, said in a recent interview.
The issue has already split the farm sector, as a national growers' group urged the U.S. Agriculture Department to approve the strain while grain lobbyists warned in 2012 that the trait could hurt U.S. trade because it was not accepted by all major importers.
Some U.S. seed companies have declined to license the new Duracade trait from Syngenta to insert into seeds, out of concern that growers could be stuck if grain elevators and exporters refuse to buy corn that contains it.
The United States is expected to export 1.45 billion bushels of corn in the marketing year that ends August 31, accounting for 10 percent of the last harvest.
In November, Chinese authorities began rejecting some U.S. corn cargoes that contained Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera variety, known as MIR 162, which has been awaiting Beijing's acceptance for more than two years.
Why some imports have been allowed while others have been stopped is not clear, and analysts and traders have offered various explanations, including possible trade tensions or a desire to support domestic corn prices.
Whatever the cause, a total of 600,000 tons of U.S. corn and corn products have been denied entry, weakening U.S. prices and providing the latest example of GMO use disrupting agricultural trade.
Syngenta is not considering any steps to pull back Duracade from the market because it believes growers need access to new technologies, spokesman Paul Minehart said. The number of acres planted with seed containing the trait will be determined by seed production volumes and shipping time lines, he said.
In line with industry standards, Minehart said, Syngenta commercializes corn traits once it has approval from countries with "functioning regulatory systems."
"The regulatory systems in China and the EU are not considered functioning according to industry policy, meaning their decision-making processes are not predictable, are not completed in a timely manner and can be subject to political influence," he said.
While the European Union approved Viptera for import in 2012, it has not yet approved Duracade for import.
Syngenta applied for Chinese import approval of Duracade after U.S. authorities cleared the trait in February 2013. In theory, China's agriculture ministry has 270 days to make a decision. However, industry sources say it can take as long as two years after a strain is approved by the United States.
Syngenta won import approval for the Duracade trait from Mexico and South Korea in September and from Japan in August. It also has import approval from Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan.
"United States and China do not have synchronous approval process. If China does not change the current approval procedure, it remains an issue in future U.S. exports to China," said Li Qiang, senior analyst with Shanghai-based JC Intelligence Co Ltd, a private agriculture-consulting firm.
Until recent years, China's slower system for approving new GMO products was less of an issue, since it imported almost no U.S. corn. But shipments have surged in recent years, accounting for almost 14 percent of U.S. corn exports in 2011/12.
The increase has made it increasingly perilous for the trading industry to have China excluded from the list of countries whose approval is required to launch a new trait, some say. China mainly buys U.S. corn to feed livestock.
"China may not have a functioning approval system, but they represent the largest growth potential in U.S. corn exports," Feltes said. "Let's get real."
John Latham, president of Iowa-based Latham Hi-Tech Seeds, has licensed the Duracade trait from Syngenta for this spring. But without approval from China, he says, U.S. corn growers have been wary of booking those seeds and that some elevators may refuse to accept corn with the trait.
Peterson Farms Seed in North Dakota decided against licensing the Duracade trait from Syngenta because of concerns about China, agronomy manager Adam Spelhaug said. The firm sells corn with the Viptera trait, he said, while making sure that customers who buy those seeds can sell to markets that accept the trait.
"Unless it has Chinese approval, we're probably not going to bring something else into our bag right now," he said.
Rootworms are a "ticking time bomb" in U.S. farmers' fields that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion annually in yield losses and treatment costs, Syngenta said in an online ad for the trait. Duracade "delivers unmatched corn rootworm control" that is distinct from another rootworm-fighting trait previously released by Syngenta, the company said.
Rival Monsanto Co, the world's largest seed company, introduced corn rootworm protected products in 2003. However, a group of academic corn experts in 2012 warned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of growing rootworm resistance to GMO corn.
With Duracade coming to market, "the probability of overall of resistance goes down because there's another tool that can be used" to fight rootworm, said Rodney Weinzierl, director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association.
The National Corn Growers Association in 2012 told the USDA that it supported Duracade because of rootworm threats. A spokesman did not respond to requests for an updated comment.
Even if corn containing Duracade is planted on a small number of acres, it could accidentally be shipped to China, exporters said. Varieties are often mixed with each other because they are grown in fields near each other and harvested, transported and stored together.
In 2011, Bunge North America, a unit of agricultural trading house Bunge Ltd, refused to accept Viptera because it had not been approved by major export destinations. Archer Daniels Midland Co and Cargill Inc that year declined to accept at elevators grain that was not approved for commercial use in the EU, which included Viptera, without prior written notice.
Syngenta sued Bunge in 2011 for refusing to accept Viptera corn. Bunge largely prevailed in the case.
Representatives of Bunge, Cargill and ADM declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment on Duracade. Two top U.S. grain groups - the National Grain and Feed Association and North American Export Grain Association -- had discouraged the USDA from clearing Duracade.
The lack of import approvals for new traits creates "a risk of significant economic losses to U.S. grain and oilseed producers and markets," the groups said in a 2012 letter. Chinese quarantine officials can reject shipments that contain any amount of an unauthorized strain, they said. The groups declined to provide updated comments on the matter.
Corn importers in China typically stipulate in their contracts that the seller bears all costs related to possible GMO risks, industry sources say.
The USDA in 2012 responded to concerns about missing import approvals by saying that grain elevators could refuse to buy corn containing Duracade. Commercialization of the trait could even enhance trading "through more efficient production of corn supplies worldwide," the USDA said at the time.
Additional reporting by Carey Gillam in Kansas City and Niu Shuping in Beijing; Editing by Jonathan Leff and Steve Orlofsky
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• April 23: Renner Street woman said she had a verbal argument with her husband over a tax check and unpaid bills. Both were advised and no charges were filed.
• April 25: A woman told police she saw a vehicle in the Mc- Donald's drive-through lane with blood dripping from its trunk. She gave police a license plate number which turned out to be registered to a Newark resident. Newark Police were advised.
• April 26: Police checked out a report of a suspicious person. It turned out the person lived in an adjacent apartment.
• April 26: A Family Dollar employee reported two juvenile shoplifters. No charges were pressed; the employee just requested that the juveniles be removed and their parents advised.
• April 27: A Hebron man, who was stopped for lane violations and slow speed, was found to be driving with an expired drivers license.
• April 28: A Union Avenue man stopped for driving a vehicle with an equipment violation was found to be driving under suspension.
• April 28: A Walnut Road man and a Newark man were sitting in a car near the Taco Bell after hours. An officer approached the car and found the driver had an active warrant for his arrest for heroin possession. Heroin, other drugs, and paraphernalia were discovered in the car. Both men were charged with possession.
• April 28: An officer was dispatched to a Central Avenue house on a report of a domestic dispute. A man and woman were both injured, and both claimed that the other was the aggressor and each had different descriptions of the incident. Both were charged with domestic violence and assault.
• April 28: Officer tried to stop a vehicle speeding on Hebron Road, but the driver turned the wrong way onto a one-way street. According to the report, the driver was clearly intoxicated, failed field sobriety tests and registered .225 BAC. The driver had a prior OVI and was charged with another OVI and for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. The passenger, who owned the vehicle, was cited for wrongful entrustment (for allowing an impaired person to operate his vehicle) and no seatbelt.
• April 30: A Central Avenue man was cited for traveling 50 in a 35 miles per hour zone. The officer discovered he was driving under suspension.
• April 30: Police stopped a Walnut Road woman for weaving outside of the road lane. Police suspected she was intoxicated. She failed field sobriety tests andblew a .118 BAC. She was charged with OVI.
• April 30: Police stopped a driver who failed to use a turn signal and discovered the driver only had a Mexican driver's license and no passport. The driver was cited for driving with an invalid license.


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Snow doesn't seem to scare wheat farmers. In February, more than 15" blanketed the ground in Newton, Kan., but that didn't prevent 70 farmers from attending the Farm Journal Wheat College. A couple weeks later, despite blowing snow, more than 100 farmers gathered in Jamestown, N.D.
A spin-off event from Farm Journal Corn College, Wheat College strives to arm farmers with information they can take home to increase yields. Building on the Systems Approach, Farm Journal High-Yield Wheat Columnist Phil Needham and Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer encouraged farmers to think through their current approach to wheat management. Both have done extensive in-field work on various facets of wheat production.
"Understanding the growth and development stages of any crop is key to knowing how to increase your yields," Bauer says. "It's no different with wheat. You have to know, is my wheat at the tillering, the jointing or the flag leaf stage? What should I be looking for at each stage, and how is that having an effect on my yield? Can I increase the number of heads of wheat per square yard, or is there a way I can get a bigger head with more spikes per head on each plant?"
Identify the weak links. "Sometimes it's a matter of eliminating the weak links in your wheat program," Needham says. "That's why I spend a lot of time at each meeting going through the fundamentals that can take your wheat to the next level."
Soil and tissue testing lets you make informed decisions as to what inputs to use, such as fertilizers and fungicides, and when. If you can measure it, you can manage it, Needham says.
Water is definitely a limiting factor when it comes to high-yielding wheat. That's why many farmers are learning that no-till wheat typically yields the same or higher than conventional tillage systems, especially in regions with lower rainfall, Needham adds. Input costs are less because of lower labor, fuel and equipment costs.
Seed genetics and seed quality—as well as seed conditioning, seed treatments and seed size—have an enormous impact on final stand counts. Planting by population instead of by the pound will reduce stand variability. Depending on your region's rainfall and planting date, the final stand count should be between 200 to 300 plants per square yard for winter wheat or 250 to 350 plants per square yard in spring wheat country.
Achieving consistent planting depths and uniform plants is key to higher yields, but you must make sure that the condition of seeding equipment is in tiptop shape with no worn disk blades, bearings or boots.
When it comes to disease management, timing can be the difference between average and high yields. "Remember, disease won't wait until your custom sprayer gets down to your name on the list," Needham says.
To maximize yield potential at each stage of development, growers should habitually monitor their crop. As rains fall and yield potential increases, especially in dry areas, additional nitrogen might be necessary to bridge the gap between what growers fertilized based on early yield potential and what is the current potential."
As a second time Wheat College attendee, Jack Nielsen from Alliance, Neb., is convinced that the lessons he's learned at the meetings has increased his wheat yields by 10 bu., if not 20 bu., per acre. "This won't be my last meeting either; I'll be back," he says.
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Physicians learning to be shift workers?
Dr. Jane R. Gilsdorf, from the University of Michigan Medical Center, pulls no punches with this sentence:
The current system is creating a legion of shift-worker physicians who leave when the clock strikes a certain hour rather than when the job has been completed.
In discussing this with a former partner, who taught internal medicine residents for over 30 years and retired one year after the work rule changes were implemented, he had this cynical comment to make:
"Maybe it is good that the residents learn that approach early on because it seems that most docs are becoming shift-workers. Consider how things often work. You have a primary care doctor who has defined office hours and when you call his number after hours you either get a "triage nurse" or a recording that basically says call back tomorrow if it is not an emergency or go to the ER if it is an emergency. At the ER you see an ER doc who is working a shift and if you are admitted you are likely seen by a hospitalist who also is a shift worker. The notion of a personal physician whose role transcends duty hours is dead in the water."
Dr. Gilsdorf opines that more funds are needed to help correct the problems brought about by the ACGME work restriction rules. Basically, someone needs to be paid to do much of what the house staff used to do and now cannot. Dr. R. Centor discusses some of the problems brought about by the ACGME work rules and suggests with good planning,teaching and hard work many of them can be at least to a significant degree mitigated and I believe he is probably right.
However,how the broader "shift-workerization" of physicians can be reversed is another matter.Major shifts in the economic forces regarding physician and hospital compensation have brought that about and that big ship will be hard to turn around.
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- Martin said...
Unrestricted work hours have done much bad on doctors and patients and there's a wealth of literature on bad performing physicians on extended schedules, including serious driving errors on their way home to theri families.
Retired doctors and officials tend to forget about that as it does not longer affect them.
In the EC, German doctors fought bravely against long workinghours, but it seems the EC wants tu turn back the wheel to save money.
Additional training is required to document conciesly and hand over all poatients safely to the next shift.
- Anonymous said...
In a recent Medscape edition (July 1,2008) we find a disturbing essay by a practicing academic pediatrician who expresses concern about some of the predictable consequences of the restrictions placed on medical house staff work hours.
Fixed it for you.
- dr_dredd said...
With all due respect, lamenting about "the days of the giants" isn't very helpful. Medicine was different; there just weren't that many things that could be done for a patient. (My medical school mentor once told me that he never failed in a code -- he never did one!) Now, there are a dazzling array of diagnostic and therapeutic choices available. Furthermore, there is an incredible amount of pressure to admit and discharge quickly. 40 years ago, you could keep a patient in hospital for weeks while working him/her up. That's a luxury we no longer have, and this just adds to the workload of the housestaff. Now, if they wait to leave the hospital until all the work is done, they'll almost never go home!
And that brings me to my next point. Is it so horrible to want a life outside medicine? We need to be able to pay attention to our own wellbeing as physicians; otherwise, we both endanger our own health and set a bad example for patients. From the immortal House of God: "How can we care for patients if'n no one cares for us?"
All of us have multiple competing priorities: our work, our patients, our families, our leisure pursuits. I doubt that the spouses of physicians who "live" in the hospital are too happy with the arrangement. We need to make sure all of our priorities are balanced. If shift-work is what it takes, so be it. Let's now work to figure out how to optimize this new model.
- james gaulte said...
Your are right -the consequences were predictable but I doubt that the planners at ACGME predicted them.
James G.
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Yesterday there were 4 or 5 comments posted. Today they are all gone.I did not delete gthem.I do not know what happened.Does anyone know why or how comments just disappear from blogger?
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My comment section appears to not be working properly.Several other comments were made,approved,appeared on line and then disappeared.These included a comment made yesterday by me commenting on the situation.Then one of the deleted comments reappeared.Anyone have any information on disappearing comments from blogger.
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- Michael Rack, MD said...
In the old days, insurers generously reimbursed doctor for office visits. As part of the unwritten bargain with society, docs provided call coverage. These days, insurers (including Medicare) pay docs as little as possible for office visits and society expects docs to provide call coverage basically for free. Many younger docs aren't willing to do that.
- Anonymous said...
I am not sure how putting the patient's interest first would "set a bad example" for patients nor does it preclude a "life outside of medicine" and to claim it "endangers our own health" is quite a reach.
It is all about the current system-non-system of physician compensation.That is the driver, all of the touchy-feely talk about life work balance is just faddish fluff.
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Israel preparing to deport star of Oscar-winning doc 'Strangers No More'
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There is no genuine benevolence for outsiders in Judaism, only the illusion thereof.
The executive producer for 'Strangers No More' is Lin Arison widow of Ted Arison, an exceedingly powerful and wealthy Israeli of Romanian origin, said to be the world's wealthiest 'Jew' at the time of his death. The Arisons are founders of the 'National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts,' likely where the funding for the hasbara piece 'Strangers No More' comes from.
The Arison family (née: Arisohn, Arizon) among others, with the Rothschilds, founded the town, Zikhron Ya'acov (named after James Jacob Rothschild) in Palestine in 1882. Ted Arison was born in Zikhron Ya'acov and is a descendant of founders of the town. Romanian Judaic Sarah Aaronsohn and her brother Aaron of Zikhron Ya'acov founded the N.I.L.I. spy ring which cooperated with British intelligence and was instrumental in establishing the British Mandate and expelling Turks and Palestinians from Palestine, a crucial step towards the establishment of the Zionist state. Sarah Aaronsohn was captured by Turks and shot herself rather than give information. Aaron Aaronsohn managed N.I.L.I. spy operations in Egypt. Under a thin cloak of philanthropy the Arison family are self-serving Zionist fanatics of the most extreme bent.
A museum in the Israeli state, 'First Alyah Museum' honors Ted Arison's grandparents, among the first European Judaic Zionists to "settle" in Palestine:
The First Aliyah Museum opened its doors to the public in February 1999. It was established in memory of Moshe & Sara Arisohn, who were among Zichron Ya'acov's first settlers … The museum is located in a building that was built by Baron de Rothschild's staff in 1892. Known at times as the Administration House, when built, it was the largest and most magnificent building in Israel … The first national settler's conference was held in Zichron Ya'acov, it dealt with opposition to the Uganda Plan.
With Rothschild funding, a 'Christian mystic' Zionist, Laurence Oliphant escorted Sarah and Aaron Aaronsohn's parents, Ephraim Fischel Aaronsohn and his wife Malkah to Zichron Ya'acov, which is on Mount Carmel, a location central to mystical tradition.
Ted Arison's father, Meir Arison was a Mason.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The monkey jumped off their back and the floodgates opened for the New England Revolution on Wednesday night, as they snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids at Gillette Stadium.
Two second-half goals – just three minutes apart – by Lee Nguyen and Kelyn Rowe put New England in the most comfortable position they have enjoyed in over two months.
In a gritty first half, the Revolution controlled the pace of play, owning 58 percent of the possession and most importantly, striking first for the first time since their last win back on May 24.
The Revs tallied in the 10th minute when Charlie Davies held up the ball in the Rapids penalty box with pressure on his back and found Nguyen cutting across. The Revs midfielder created some open space to fire, shooting towards the far post – but finding the foot of Rapids defender Drew Moor, and the resulting deflection flew past goalkeeper Clint Irwin to put New England on the board.
A depleted Rapids side, using four different starters than they had in Friday's 3-0 win over Chivas USA, seemed off balance for much of the night.
Whenever Colorado were able to spark a break on the attack, they were caught offside, with Gabriel Torres called for four of the club's five infractions.
The Rapids had their best chance to level in the 69th minute after Edson Buddle laid off a pass in the box back to Dillon Powers, who ripped a shot from 18 yards out. But Bobby Shuttleworth made a diving save to keep the lead secure.
Not long after, Rapids defender Thomas Piermayr picked up his second booking of the match after a hard challenge on Steve Neumann, giving Nguyen a free kick from the top of the box that he buried with a bending blast into the top corner for a 2-0 lead in the 75th minute.
Moments later Rowe received a pass from Nguyen, dribbled right into the box and snapped a high shot past Irwin for his first goal of the season, icing the win.
New England will look to carry their newfound momentum into Saturday's game at New York, while the Rapids return to Colorado to host Real Salt Lake for a Rocky Mountain Cup rivalry match..
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|Lee Nguyen
Brilliant on the ball all night. Created New England's first two goals and finally got their pass-happy midfield purring again.
|Kelyn Rowe
|Played Nguyen's sidekick very effectively and showed a striker's touch on his snap finish, which provided a welcome boost of confidence.
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As previously announced Matthew McConaughey stars in the film as a Texan cowboy diagnosed with HIV who becomes a kingpin of unregulated alternative treatment and takes a stand against political corruption.
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Yesterday was opening day at the Hunterdon County 4-H and agricultural Fair. "What language did you just speak?" the hot air balloon man said as I climbed into with first one foot, then another (Ha, Ha, Ha). What I was really saying very fast was, "I'm feel like I'm an Olympic athlete (thinking gymnastics-pommel horse) trying to the climb up into this thing." First, I put one foot up, then I quickly (split second) realized, my best way was to get on my knees (the leather edges of the balloon's basket were very soft), hold on to the ropes, and hoist myself up, and then step down. "Hooray, I'm in." All of this happened very fast. The prior riders had to stay inside the balloon's basket to provide weight until both my husband and then I got in. My husband is taller, so he practically stepped in with ease.
Let me backtrack to the beginning.
As soon as we parked the car, and started to walk along the gravel road, a rep from the balloon company asked us if we wanted to try the Hot Air Balloon ride. I asked, "How long are you up there?" He said, "About 30 seconds, then the balloon slowly comes down. Pat is always game to try new things, and said, "Yes, we'll do it!", and the man said to gather over there to wait. I'll get in line, but there's still time to change my mind, I thought. There was hardly a line.
I'll have to say that the hardest part was climbing into the hot air balloon basket!!! I had imagined that it might feel like a giant rocking chair swaying in the sky to the wind's, I was hoping, gentle breeze. To my amazement, I was correct. Of course, this was a trial, and the hot air balloon was tied securely on three sides to three heavy pick-up trucks.
I was holding on to the camera, and my husband asks, "Have you taken a picture yet?" No, I say, as I'm clutching very tightly to the camera string, I might drop it. "Pass it to me," he says. So here's my picture too.
Would you like to see how enormous the fair is? This is the "bird's-eye view"!!
Look at all those tents, red and white striped ones, and there's an enormous amusement ride to the right of the photo.
In the photo above, there is one of the pick-up trucks, a dark green truck that the hot air balloon is secured to with cable lines.
The balloon company workers are wearing the light blue tee shirts. Very nice and helpful guys. You must listen and follow their instructions of when to climb in and when to climb out of the balloon's basket. They are pretty strong, too, when my mother had her turn in the hot air balloon, they lifted her out of the basket.
Of course, I zoomed in , while standing on the ground to get this shot of the interior of the balloon. While I was on the hot air balloon, it was exactly that , Hot!!!! , I felt the heat, but I didn't look up!
In Flight Balloon adventures is the name of the company.
This little dog was so cute, and very friendly to us. He was well trained to stay inside the pick-up truck, too.
Let's get our walking shoes on and get this party started.
Did you know that llamas are used on farms as guard animals, "guard Llamas" . They protect against wild coyotes. I can see why, these animals seem cuddly cute but they are very tall compared to a sheep.
Come on, we're going to take a little closer look at the cows! Cows are my favorite farm animal!! You can call me cow paparazzi!!
There is a tent where judging of the cows take place as well.
Do you know the 4-H Pledge?
I pledge
my head to clearer thinking.
My heart to greater loyalty
my hands to larger service
and my health to better living
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
"It is a common practice to involve hand motions to accompany these spoken words. While reciting the first line of the pledge, the speaker will point to their head with both of their hands. As the speaker recites the second line, they will place their right hand over their heart, much like during the Pledge of Allegiance. For the third line, the speaker will present their hands, palm side up, before them. For the fourth line, the speaker will motion to their body down their sides. And for the final line, the speaker will usually place their right hand out for club, left hand for community, bring them together for country, and then bring their hands upwards in a circle for world."
(from Wikipedia).
Both my sister an I belonged to 4_H clubs from the age of 9 years through high school; each year, we entered our cooking and sewing projects and in our teen years did twirling demos and competitions.


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Stalking the Elusive Beauty of Phu Chi FaKevin (เควิน) Khaosan
Phu Chi Fa is a mountain peak, near Chiang Rai, Thailand, in the far north of the country, on the border with Laos. Definitely not a very well traveled place by foreigners, although it is becoming a rather popular "selfie spot" for Thai's on holiday. We decided to check it out on New Years Day 2017. Most people travel to one of several local villages (where there are loads of hostels and campsites, etc) the day before, and then wake up early and head up the mountain for sunrise. As we had no reservations for a place to stay, we opted to wake up at 2am and drive from our hotel in Chiang Rai directly to the mountain. Had we actually looked closely at a map and realized we would be driving directly across a mountain range in pitch dark, we might have made another choice. But it was an adventure! 16% grade switchbacks in a little tiny 1.2l engine car where you can't see anything beyond the barely adequate headlight swaths…at least there was no risk of falling asleep which is usually my problem with long drives.
At last, we arrive in one of several local towns where they have a big archway welcoming people to Phu Chi Fa (or Phu Chee Pha). These local towns are perched on the steep side of the mountain with terraced bungalows and campsites dotting the landscape everywhere. We arrived at 4:30am and the parking lot was already half full. A line of pick-up trucks were waiting to shuttle people up the 2km more to the "basecamp" staging area. Standing in the back of the pickup, it really felt like it might tip over as it cut back and forth on the steep steep switchback road winding up the mountain. Passing the empty trucks coming back down was harrowing. Basecamp had a horde of local kids running around selling flashlights, hot coffee, and ramen noodle cups. I tend to like "proper" coffee, but that little paper cup of Nescafe instant coffee really hit the spot that morning!
Next we start the trek up to the top of the mountain. There are stairs cut into the dirt with bamboo runners edging them out. It is a steep but not too long 1/2km to the top. Lots of people start off at a fast pace and then have to stop and rest…huffing and puffing like racehorses. Slow and steady wins the race in this case.
We arrived on top to an absolutely huge crowd of people with already staked out spots to sit and wait for the sunrise. It was rather cold up top, with foggy mist rolling through, and even a bit of light rain. The only reason you could see the fog was because there were hundreds of people flashing flashlights around, peering into the mist.
Eventually, after perhaps an hour or so of waiting in the dark, it began to lighten and we saw the grand view. Fog filled valleys and green GREEN mountaintops of Laos. The sunrise is what people come to see…unfortunately, it was a cloudy day and we never saw the sun at all.
Have to capture the moment somehow…we were just too impatient to wait in line like everyone else for our turn at the sign.
Oh, and if you didn't believe me about all the people…(I have never seen so many selfie sticks!)
Killing time, playing with the iPhone 7's new Portrait/Bokah (background blur) mode…
At last, our best shot of the view. Fog, green, misty, and beautiful. However, no sunshine and definitely not quite as beautiful as some Phu Chi Fa pictures that I have seen. So just to show what it can look like, here are two pictures taken by other people on "good" days…


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Just listened to the latest podcast and the talk about running Win3.11 on DosBox and Vdos, I just wanted to add that I have successfully run it, and Dos6.22, on VirtualBox, including network file sharing. This is a great way to do it because VirtualBox itself is a cross platform tool.
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A man has been arrested over the murder of a teenage girl who disappeared more than 20 years ago.
Johanna Young was 14 when she went missing from her family home in Watton, Norfolk, on December 23 1992.
Her partially clothed body was found, covered in scratches and lying face down in water, on Boxing Day.
Today, Norfolk Police said a man in his 40s from the Watton area had been arrested.
A spokesman added: "The man remains in custody and police inquiries continue."
Johanna's parents, Carol and Robert Young, recently made a fresh appeal for information on the 21st anniversary of her disappearance.
Mrs Young, 58, said: "We do celebrate Christmas but it's never quite the same.
"We tried to carry on for the sake of our other children, and as a family we just continue the best we can, but Johanna is in our thoughts all the time."
Mr Young, 60, described Johanna as "full of fun and always up to tricks".
On the night she went missing, the family presumed Johanna had stayed at her boyfriend's parents' home because it was a foggy night.
Her alarm clock went off at 6am on Christmas Eve because she was due to go on her paper round. Her family realised she was gone and called the police.
Officers searched the town and surrounding countryside in the hope of finding her alive.
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False Spring In New York
Pitchers and Catchers report, New York temperatures clear 40 degrees, and somebody issues a forecast that references "55" by the end of the week and it's not the age of the latest pitcher the Yankees invited to camp.
sses Young and Capuano, and the likelihood that R.A. Dickey actually found himself last season at the age of 35). And the bullpen? You don't want to know about the bullpen.
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Writers gotta write. Nice to see this. I didn't even know you had a baseball blog.
I'm more a football than baseball fan, although moving to St. Louis a dozen or so years ago has made me a Cardinals fan. As they are usually in contention late into the season, I keep an eye on things.
My real reason for commenting is to let you know that despite the best efforts of all the bright, talented folks who are holding down the fort, there's a quite noticeable Keith Olbermann shaped hole at MSNBC. And as Charter Cable doesn't carry Current, I'll have to make due with Tweets and and the occasional blog post. It's nice to see you sharing your long-form work again. Thanks.
Ahh, a KO essay. Wish I could hear you read it. You, Frank DeFord and Ben Stein are the only people currently I love hearing read their essays — and I am not even much of a baseball fan. I cannot be. My grandfather reluctantly followed the Red Sox. But that was only after the Braves deserted Boston.
Then in 66 (two years after Grampys death) the Braves eloped again (out of Milwaukee) and went to ATL. Still cannot love them. So, I turned to NASCAR.
Keith, your assessment of the Yankee's catching made me wonder what you think of the Red Sox catchers? Do you think this represents a fatal flaw that prevents them from being the presumed AL frontrunners as many others seem to think?
As a video editor for 30 years ( www. hdshotsandcuts.com ) and a FOK I decided to create a KO / Yankees music video for you for your private use and enjoyment. It is a token of appreciation for what you do. I was layed off and you provided both entertainment & inspiration during one of the most difficult years of my life( mom died, pet died and dad developed dementia). I would like to send you a DVD (Blu ray or regular). Please contact me at email@example.com. I think you will enjoy it! Please check out my web site if you have any qualms about this gift. It represents the kind of work I do and my "kosherness".
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Let me give you the Reader's Digest version: THE YANKEES SUCK!
Unless you live in, or near, Gotham, it is hard to identify with a team of spoiled, overpaid, overhyped, overconfident narcissists owned and mismanaged by the same. They perfectly fill the role of a bad guy in wrestling, and are just as easy to like.
By the way, your writing skill in baseball matches your political commentaries. Wonder how you'd do in say, the sciences or the arts.
Great to see the new post Keith. Miss seeing you every weeknight on Countdown but glad to know I can still get a dose of you here. Now not being a Yankees fan–AND being a long-suffering O's fan–it is my most fervent hope to see the word "Baltimore Orioles" above "New York Yankees" throughout the upcoming summer. Thanks for stoking those hopes with the latest post!
I too have been flabbergasted by the moves, or should I say non-moves, by the Yankees in the off season. Should all/most of what you write come to pass I think the next question would be, "How long will Cashman be with the Yankees?".
It is such a treat to read more than just a Tweet! You bring baseball to life with each line, even to a football gal for whom the ins and outs of the game whiz over my bangs like a fly ball over an outstretched mitt. Impatiently waiting for your return, to enlighten and delight with your passion and prose for politics. FOK will take care of the ratings, and the haters can go Beck themselves.
So much for "hope springs eternal."
While I do think the end of the season will turn out closer to what you think than not, it might not be the double disaster you foresee. That's the beauty of it — who knows how it will play out? The Yankees, of course, will go out and get the pieces they need if they're in the race. Bay still hasn't had a full season to acclimate to NY and Citi; I suspect that Beltran, if healthy, will bring a decent return in a trade; and knuckleballers are a different breed — post-35 life hasn't been too bad for Wakefield.
That's why I'm a fan — while my hopes aren't high for this season, I'm still willing to see how it plays out, to see if I might be pleasantly surprised. There was an "impossible dream" in 1967, why not one now?
You mean to tell me that even the Great American Pastime has not been spared the reach of Bernie Madoff's poisonous tentacles? It's like unraveling a golf ball. Sigh.
Mention of your neighbor Wolfgang's birthday party made me chuckle. I have a close friend named Wolfgang who also goes by the shortened "Wolf." He too isn't from around here. No, he came to us by way of Berlin. 🙂
On paper, are the Yankees looking as good as I'd like? No.
On paper, are the Red Sox the team to beat in the AL East? Yes.
But here's the thing: you gotta play the games. On paper don't mean crap in the end. After all, on paper, at any point before October, did the Giants look like they'd be the 2010 World Champions? Spring Training hasn't begun and already there are folks assuming the 2011 WS will be btwn BOS and PHI (with PHI in 5). But guess what? You gotta play the games. Jeez.
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Amazing isn?t it? We both became fans in 1967, with you at a much younger age than me.
I don?t remember what the situation was but it was in the month of October, so it was either a playoff or World Series game, early in Billy Martin?s managerial career with the Yankees. I recall seeing Billy Martin standing in the dugout during a big game, looking very very depressed. And I remember all of a sudden feeling sorry for Martin and I began rooting for the Yankees to come back and win the game and whatever series they were engaged in at the time. Which they did. It?s the only time I have ever rooted for the Yankees to win anything.
Your article as I began reading had me literally laughing out loud. But as I read further, I saw rather glum prospects for New York fans this season, and it got me to feeling kinda bad. I do hope NY has an exciting down to the wire season. You never know. Every season brings us surprises. Perhaps the Mets aren?t that good. But perhaps the other teams in the NL won?t be that good. Teams have a way of either overachieving or underachieving. You just never know. Injuries, slumps, etc. Things do happen which opens the door for other less talented teams. I wish the Mets & and their fans an exciting 2011. They have lost some real heartbreakers over the years. But then again, what team hasn't?
I was talking the other day with a co-worker about the upcoming baseball season and I told him I was sorry to see the rivalry of the 1990's/2000's between the Yankees/Red Sox gone. Great ballplayers. Exciting teams. Exciting games. Exciting memories. The best of times for both the Red Sox and NYY fans. I wonder if we'll ever see the likes of that again? Perhaps not. But that's okay. Just glad we had them, as I look over at the photo of Pedro & Clemens I took in Yankee Stadium Memorial Day Weekend 2000. There they were warming up, Pedro in the bullpen and Clemens outside the bullpen. In the same photo. They never spoke nor acknowledged each other while warming up. And hours later, when the game was over, we headed out, with us Sox fans believing we just saw one of the greatest games of our life. And it was. Pitching will do that.
Spring. And the always reliable April rain-outs. But then – Optimism. Sunshine. Sunglasses. Open windows with music blaring. Flowers. Shrubs. Trees bursting with leaves. Green Grass. Outdoor concerts. NYC Walking Tours. Baseball. Every day.
Best of luck NY Mets. It's better to have people believe you aren't going anywhere than be a favorite to win it all. If the 1967 Red Sox can face the great Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series and take it to 7 games, after the Sox had finished the 1966 season with a 72-90 record, with 8 teams finishing the season with a better record in the AL, then anything is possible. Anything. They say it came about because of Boston's new manager – 39 yr. old Dick Williams. His first season managing in the big leagues. People say all the time that baseball managers don't win or lose games. I don't think that's true.
Maybe they can sneak Jeet's locker up to the YES broadcast booth and he can be the most expensive Rizzuto the sports world will ever know. Also, the Yanks will come up with another Ross Moschitto this year. And when he fails that will open the door for the next Roy White.
Hello Mr. Olbermann,
I'm a Historian student for Stanislaus State in California and I'm working on my thesis paper about the 1919 Black Sox scandal. I have always been a fan of our national pastime, and especially about this subject. I know that you are a passionate fan of baseball and its history, and would like to ask you if you can point me to the right direction of my research. My thesis of the scandal is the public opinion or outcry of the circumstances and affects of the 1919 world series. I have been doing my own research and would like to know what do you recommend.
Thank you. 😀
The Boss is likely rolling over in his grave over the results of the off-season; I think if he were still around he would have had no problem letting Jeter walk (or threaten to). The sign of a good team is to let a player go a year too early rather than a year too late; see Oakland A's with their Big Three pitchers of Mulder, Hudson and Zito.
I became a baseball fan in 1969, and it was the Miracle Mets; that summer my 5th grade teacher loaded his wife, his cat, his worldly possessions, and his love for the Mets into a VW Beetle and driven across country to California suburbia for his new job. Somehow during the post-season he managed to get hold of a TV from the A/V center, hooked up rabbit ears, and we actually watched the games during class time; this was the era of actual daytime post-season games, after all. Somehow, I got hooked by the game, and even though my allegiance eventually switched to the local teams (A's first, then Giants), I still have a small spot in my heart for the Mets and am sorry to hear of their current financial and management woes.
Hope you're not so busy with the new job that you can't make it down to Florida for a couple of weeks next month.
Wish we could edit comments — "driven" should be "drove" of course; I made some minor grammatical corrections earlier in that sentence but forgot to check the whole sentence.
Nice anecdote, GiantSteps. Hope you enjoyed last year's championship.
Also, could not agree more w/your first paragraph, GS.
Pitchers and catchers reported today (actually yesterday for some few impatient ones) and Olbermann gave us another dose of Olbermann. Glad to see two things. First: February because baseball is back again. Second: Olbermann because baseball is back again.
Wow, a mid-winter thaw coming this week, pitchers & catchers on the field in Tampa later today, AND a Keith Olbermann essay; I'm so psyched! So great to ride the rhythm and and almost hear the cadence of Keith's voice as I read this. So looking forward to Keith this spring on current, & so looking forward to this Yankee spring.
All the arms in camp w/the new pitching coach Rothschild has me definitely interested, and I'm looking forward to some longshots making the club going North and others to stick w/the organization at both double & triple A. I've got a feeling we're going to be pleasantly surprised on the pitching front. I am worried about catcher & hope Martin has that bounce back year but that hip of his has me worried. Why oh why did Hank have to give Arod that 10 year obscene contract? I hope Gardner's hand/thumb/wrist is healed. I'm going to disagree w/ Keith here & say the Yankees are going to have some of their kids & non-roster invites surprise and they are once again going to make the post-season, the Rays, orioles, blue jays be damned, but those sox are a different story altogether.
Yeah, the Citizens United case virtually assures that we all live as serfs in the new klepocracy we call America, baseball is finally back, and at least for a brief moment, I can wistfully think of the game I've loved since I can remember. God bless a lot of people but Mickey Mantle & Keith Olbermann specifically here, and man was this essay a real treat. Keep 'em coming, Keith!
As a video editor for 30 years ( www. hdshotsandcuts.com ) and a FOK I decided to create a KO / Yankees music video for you for your private use and enjoyment. It is a token of appreciation for what you do. I was layed off and you provided both entertainment & inspiration during one of the most difficult years of my life( mom died, pet died and dad developed dementia). I would like to send you a DVD (Blu ray or regular). Please contact me at email@example.com. I think you will enjoy it! Please check out my web site if you have any qualms about this gift. It represents the kind of work I do and my "kosherness".
Tom Daigon
Avid DS / FCP/After Effects Editor
Keith – I think you're great and I respect your knowledge, but I think you are being a little bit too pessimistic about the Yankees – especially when you wrote about Jeter.
I think Jeter will be just fine this season, but he really should not bat leadoff. He's really a #2 hitter, and he is statistically better at #2 – but Girardi doesn't realize that.
And the pitching won't be great, but it might be good. We have two all-star starters in Sabathia and Hughes, and maybe a third in Burnett. The bullpen should be one of the best in baseball with Rivera, Soriano, and Feliciano.
Plus – don't get down on Jones, Belliard, and Chavez. I have a feeling that at least one of them will have a big year.
P.S. Can't wait to have you back on TV, Keith!
You know what? The Red Sox advantage over the Yankees is not only overstated, it's actually quite flimsy. Compare each position and see for yourself:
Tex / A-Gon
Cano / Pedroia
Jeter / Scutaro
A-Rod / Youkilis
Swisher / Drew
Granderson / Ellsbury
Gardner / Crawford
Posada / Ortiz
Martin / Saltalamacchia
CC / Lester
Hughes / Bucholz
Burnett / Beckett
Pitcher no.4 / Matsusaka
Pitcher no.5 / Lackey
Yankees bullpen / Red Sox bullpen
The Yankees have the clear and overwhelming advantage when it comes to position players; the first 3 pitchers in the starting rotation are about evenly matched (BOS has the 4 & 5 edge), and the Yankee bullpen is arguably the best in the AL. So, KO–why so glum, chum?
Maybe they can sneak Jeet's locker up to the YES broadcast booth and he can be the most expensive Rizzuto the sports world will ever know.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Calling him the "Bo Jackson of telecom" for his membership in both the cable television and wireless industries' halls of fame, President Obama announced plans Wednesday to nominate Tom Wheeler to head the Federal Communications Commission.
"For more than 30 years Tom's been at the forefront of some of the very dramatic changes that we've seen in the way we communicate and how we live our lives," Obama said.
Roughly half of Wheeler's 30 year career has been spent as a chief lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, first as president of the National Cable Television Association from 1979 to 1984 and then as CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association from 1992 to 2004. But his supporters point out that while Wheeler was in charge both of these industries were seen as newcomers lobbying for increased consumer access.
"The industries were different then," said Dale Hatfield, former chief of the FCC's Office of Plans and Policy and a supporter of Wheeler's nomination. "They were still emerging then and he's always been on the pro-competition side."
Wheeler currently serves as managing director of Core Capital Partners, a Washington D.C.-based venture capital firm focusing on information technology companies.
"I think he will probably be one of the most experienced FCC Chairmen that I can remember, because of the range and depth of his experience in the relevant industries," said Tom Lenard, president of the Tech Policy Institute. "I think the concerns that he's been a lobbyist for various industries are overblown at a minimum. I think he's going to understand what it is to have a government job and serve in the public interest but his experience is going to serve him well."
As an early supporter of then-Senator Obama's campaign for president, Wheeler and his wife moved to Iowa in 2007 to work in the run-up to the state's caucuses. He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the president as a bundler in both 2008 and 2012. After the 2008 election, Wheeler served as a technology advisor on the president's transition team.
Kevin Werbach, who served alongside Wheeler on the president's transition and was a counsel for the FCC during the Clinton Administration, dismissed concerns that Wheeler's appointment may be a thank you for his fundraising efforts or a favor to corporate interests.
"The president isn't nominating a résumé, he's nominating a person and people who have worked with Tom Wheeler and have seen him in action know that it's unfair to say he's here just because he was a lobbyist or just because he was a fundraiser," said Werbach, who now works at the Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition at The University of Pennsylvania Law School.
In March, a vocal group of Democratic senators wrote a letter to the president calling for the promotion of Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as the FCC's first chairwoman. The effort was spearheaded by a senators who have expressed hesitance about Wheeler's close connection to many of the industry's he may be responsible for regulating.
"The loudest opposition is from groups who look at his resume and see that he ran industry trade organizations and expect he'll be too industry friendly," Werbach said. "But that's looking at a piece of paper. It's a challenge for him during the confirmation process to make clear that he's not going there to be a servant for the industries he used to work for."
The next FCC chair will have to deal with challenges surrounding an impending court decision on internet freedom, an exploding demand for wireless data and the ongoing transition to an all-internet protocol communications infrastructure. These changes create a desire for a "strong, principled leader at the FCC," Werbach said.
In addition to his experience in telecom, Wheeler has also authored two books on Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War, a fact several of his former colleagues cited as proof that he is capable of being an effective chairman.
Current FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski plans to step down in mid-May, at which point the president announced that Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will take over as acting chairwoman until Wheeler can be confirmed.


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Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard insists Saturday's visit of Manchester City will be an easy game to play in simply because of the quality of opposition.
The self-inflicted 2-0 defeat at Southampton damaged the Toffees' dreams of Champions League football but a point against Manuel Pellegrini's team will at least guarantee a return to the Europa League for the first time since 2009.
They could also do neighbours Liverpool a huge favour by taking points off City, which would give the Reds renewed hope of winning the title for the first time in 24 years.
Howard said the priority was to get themselves back on track after the disappointment at St Mary's Stadium.
"Hopefully we'll brush it aside as a one-off and we'll have it all to do against Manchester City," he told the Liverpool Echo.
"It will be wide open, a tactical battle with top players on display.
"Those games take care of themselves. Those are the easy games to play in.
"Gareth Barry (on loan from City) won't be there but we can cope."
Howard is confident there will be no hangover from a second defeat in three games.
"The manager has been brilliant in that regard. He dismisses things very quickly, both brilliant performances and bad ones.
"We'll get it out of the way and have a good week of training again.
"We'll be focused from Monday to deal with what City have to throw at us."
Captain Phil Jagielka, who has not played since the end of February because of a hamstring problem, is expected to return to face City as Everton's injury list continues to grow.
Martinez had eight players unavailable through injury against Southampton and with Barry ineligible against his parent club this weekend the Spaniard has recalled forward Apostolos Vellios from Blackpool after just two appearances since joining them at the end of last month.
But Everton received some good news on Leighton Baines late on Monday, with the England defender likely to face City.
"Leighton Baines is set to be fit for this weekend's game against Manchester City," said a statement on evertonfc.com.
"The England international was assessed over the weekend, but has reacted well to the problem, meaning he should be fit for Saturday's crunch Goodison clash."


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